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June 25, 2021

Georgia officials fire back at DOJ's 'blatantly political' lawsuit against the state's election law

Georgia's top elected officials are slamming the Department of Justice's decision to sue the state over its new Election Integrity Act, saying that it's a blatantly political lawsuit.

June 25, 2021

DOJ to sue state of Georgia over recent state voting law restrictions

The Justice Department is suing Georgia over the state's voting laws

June 24, 2021

Biden crackdown on 'rogue' gun dealers unlikely to stop violent crime

President Biden's pledged crackdown on “rogue” gun dealers is unlikely to put a dent in gun crime, only a tiny minority of which is committed with weapons bought from licensed dealers, according to federal statistics.

June 23, 2021

Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin says Merrick Garland is 'wrong man' for AG after declaring him 'right pick'

Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin declared on Wednesday that Attorney General Merrick Garland is the "wrong man for the job" after previously arguing he was the "right pick" to lead the DOJ.

June 23, 2021

DOD linguist sentenced for transmitting classified docs to Hezbollah

A former contract linguist stationed in Iraq with the Department of Defense (DOD) was sentenced Wednesday, for knowingly transmitting classified information to a Lebanese national with ties to a designated terrorist organization.

June 23, 2021

Family of NYC inmate claims jail guards did nothing as he ‘slowly died’

The family of an inmate who died after being pepper-sprayed is blaming his death on Brooklyn jail guards — who allegedly did nothing as he “slowly died."

June 23, 2021

Sen. Cotton accuses Biden of stacking DOJ with defund the police 'radicals'

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., accused President Biden of stacking the Department of Justice (DOJ) with "radicals" aiming to defund law enforcement across America as the nation sees a rise in crime.

June 22, 2021

DOJ acknowledges ‘staggering’ rise in violent crime as it rolls out effort targeting gun trafficking

The Justice Department is launching new strike force teams to target illegal gun trafficking in five cities as the Biden administration makes efforts to combat a “staggering” rise in violent crime that has plagued a number of cities across the nation.

June 22, 2021

US seizes three dozen Iranian websites for spreading ‘misinformation’

Top security officials seized approximately three dozen Iranian-based websites Tuesday, citing concerns over the spread of misinformation a national security official told Fox News.

June 20, 2021

Hans von Spakovsky: Merrick Garland's misleading voting claims – what AG gets wrong about US elections

Partisan, political, designed to inflame. That’s what Merrick Garland’s recent speech on voting rights was. It certainly was not objective, measured and deliberate – the kind of speech you expect from an attorney general.